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Senior Fellow

Rebecca M. Blank

Rebecca M. Blank

Senior Fellow, Economic Studies

Rebecca M. Blank is the Robert S. Kerr Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution. Prior to coming to Brookings, she was dean of the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy at the University of Michigan and co-director of the National Poverty Center.



Expertise

Social and economic policy
                                                                                                                                    

Background

Past Positions
Henry Carter Adams Collegiate Professor of Public Policy, Professor of Economics, Co-Director of the National Poverty Center, and Dean of the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy, University of Michigan; Member, Council of Economic Advisers; Professor of Economics and Director of the Joint Center for Poverty Research, Northwestern University

Expert Awards
Fellow, Society of Labor Economists (2006); Fellow, American Academy of Arts of Sciences (2005); Lifetime National Associate, National Academies of Sciences (2004)

Education

Ph.D. in Economics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1983); B.S. in Economics, Summa Cum Laude, University of Minnesota (1976)

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Decrease Poverty and Increase Opportunity

Senior fellow Rebecca Blank discusses what the new administration can do to combat poverty and increase opportunity for millions, and the man on the street reacts. Also, former presidential press secretary Ron Nessen interviews Stephen Hess on the qualities a new President needs in his congressional relations chief.

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